Proposed Aircraft Hangar Development Shannon Airport, Shannon, Co. Clare Planning and Environmental Considerations Report January 2017 TOBIN CONSULTING ENGINEERS PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS REPORT PROJECT: SAA Paint Hangar, Ballyhennessey, Lismacleane and Rineanna South, Shannon Airport, County Clare CLIENT: Shannon Airport Authority. Shannon Airport, Co. Clare COMPANY: TOBIN Consulting Engineers Block 10-4, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Dublin 15. TOBINTel: 01- 8030401CONSULTING ENGINEERS Fax: 01-8030409 email: [email protected] DOCUMENT AMENDMENT RECORD Client: Shannon Airport Authority. Project: Proposed Aircraft Hangar Development Shannon Airport, Co. Clare Title: Planning and Environmental Considerations Report PROJECT NUMBER: 10113 DOCUMENT REF: 10113-01 A Planning and Environmental MP/LB 11/01/17 JD 11/01/17 ST 11/01/17 Considerations Report issued for Planning Revision Description & Rationale Originated Date Checked Date Authorised Date TOBIN Consulting Engineers Confidentiality Statement The information disclosed in this proposal should be treated as being strictly private and confidential and you are requested to take all reasonable precautions to maintain its status as such. You are requested to use and apply the information solely for the purpose of evaluating this proposal and are asked not at any time to disclose or otherwise make available the information to any third party except for those officers, employees and professional advisers who are required by you in the course of such evaluation to receive and consider the information and who agree to be bound by these non-disclosure terms. Planning and Environmental Considerations Report Proposed Aircraft Hangar Development, Shannon Airport, County Clare TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1 1.1 SITE LOCATION AND BACKGROUND ...................................................................... 1 1.2 COMPANY BACKGROUND ....................................................................................... 2 1.3 PAINT HANGAR TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................... 3 1.4 CONSULTATION ........................................................................................................ 4 2 DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENT AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................... 5 2.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE EXISTING SITE LOCATION ................................................ 5 2.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 5 2.2.1 Earthworks .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE .................................................................................. 6 2.4 DECOMMISSIONING AND RESTORATION .............................................................. 6 2.5 LAND USE .................................................................................................................. 6 3 LOCAL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT .................................. 7 3.1.1 Regional Planning Guidelines for the Mid-West Region 2010-2022 ............................................ 7 3.1.2 Clare County Development Plan 2011-2017 ................................................................................ 7 4 NOISE ....................................................................................................... 10 4.1 BASELINE SURVEY ................................................................................................. 10 4.1.1 Potential impacts ......................................................................................................................... 12 5 ECOLOGY ................................................................................................ 16 5.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 16 5.2 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 16 5.2.1 Legislation and Policy ................................................................................................................. 16 5.2.2 Desktop Study ............................................................................................................................. 16 5.2.3 Field Studies ............................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................. 18 5.3.1 Impact Assessment Criteria ........................................................................................................ 18 5.3.2 Potential Impacts during Construction Phase ............................................................................. 18 5.4 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................ 19 5.4.1 Habitats ....................................................................................................................................... 19 5.5 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 20 Page i Planning and Environmental Considerations Report Proposed Aircraft Hangar Development, Shannon Airport, County Clare 6 SOILS AND GEOLOGY ........................................................................... 21 6.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 21 6.2 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 21 6.3 RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................... 21 6.3.1 Topography ................................................................................................................................. 21 6.3.2 Soils and Subsoils ....................................................................................................................... 22 6.3.3 Bedrock Geology ......................................................................................................................... 22 6.4 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................. 22 6.5 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................ 23 6.6 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 23 7 WATER ..................................................................................................... 24 7.1 SURFACE WATER ................................................................................................... 24 7.2 HYDROGEOLOGY (GROUNDWATER) ................................................................... 24 7.3 POTABLE WATER ................................................................................................... 24 7.4 STORM WATER DRAINAGE.................................................................................... 25 7.5 PROCESS WATER AND FOUL WATER DRAINAGE .............................................. 25 7.6 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT ................................................................................... 26 7.7 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................. 26 7.8 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................ 27 7.9 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................ 27 8 AIR QUALITY ........................................................................................... 27 8.1 INTRODUCTION - DUST .......................................................................................... 27 8.2 RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................... 27 8.3 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................. 28 8.4 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................ 29 8.5 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 30 9 TRAFFIC ................................................................................................... 31 9.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 31 9.1.1 Consultation with Relevant Statutory Bodies .............................................................................. 31 9.2 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 31 9.3 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................. 32 10 ARCHAEOLOGY/CULTURAL HERITAGE ............................................. 33 Page ii Planning and Environmental Considerations Report Proposed Aircraft Hangar Development, Shannon Airport, County Clare 10.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................